NC State News

RALEIGH — The General Assembly has agreed to narrow the times when a North Carolina government agency must perform a formal environmental review of a pending project when it spends public funds or disturbs public lands. The Senate and House voted ...

ASHEVILLE (AP) – For 20 years, the off-white building on the east end of Haywood Road was a day care center known for its fence of crayon-shaped pillars. Today the sun-faded posts of red, yellow, green and blue are gone, ...

LUMBERTON – A federal government review says the Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina must repay $225,000 that was supposed to be spent on housing services and instead paid for a fishing trip for veterans, banquet catering and other expenses that ...

RALEIGH — Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday that their colleagues aren’t sold fully on Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposal for North Carolina to borrow close to $3 billion for government construction projects, particularly for road building. In recent weeks, McCrory has been ...

RALEIGH — Hundreds of North Carolina small business owners and solar power workers are coming to Raleigh to talk to and hear from legislators. General Assembly leaders were scheduled to speak Tuesday to National Federation of Independent Business members visiting the ...

MAIDEN — Officials say five people were taken to a hospital after a chemical leak at the Apple data center in Maiden. Multiple news outlets report the leak happened around 2:30 p.m. Monday. Apple issued a statement saying the workers ...

HOPE MILLS — The developer of a Wal-Mart in Hope Mills has withdrawn a request to relocate graves, including the remains of a Civil War veteran. The Fayetteville Observer reported Mayor Jackie Warner said Friday that the developer, landowner and ...

RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory pitched bond referenda once again Wednesday to fellow Republicans in charge of the General Assembly. McCrory went to a joint House-Senate GOP caucus meeting accompanied by former State Budget Director Art Pope. The meeting was ...

RALEIGH – Both the state House and Senate agree that the law requiring government agencies to perform environmental reviews on projects that disturb public lands or spend public dollars should be narrowed to cover fewer activities. The full Senate gave ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s unemployment rate ticked up to 5.5 percent in April, marking the first time in 11 months that the state’s jobless rate was higher than the national average. The state Commerce Department released the closely-watched measure of ...